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fleabane
flea·bane F0177200 (flē′bān′)n. Any of various plants in the composite family, chiefly of the genus Erigeron, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads, and formerly believed to repel fleas.fleabane (ˈfliːˌbeɪn) n1. (Plants) any of several plants of the genus Erigeron, such as E. acer, having purplish tubular flower heads with orange centres: family Asteraceae (composites)2. (Plants) any of several plants of the related genus Pulicaria, esp the Eurasian P. dysenterica, which has yellow daisy-like flower heads3. (Plants) Canadian fleabane a related plant, Conyza (or Erigeron) canadensis, with small white tubular flower heads. US name: horseweed 4. (Plants) any of various other plants reputed to ward off fleasflea•bane (ˈfliˌbeɪn)
n. any of various composite plants, as Erigeron philadelphicus, reputed to destroy or drive away fleas. [1540–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fleabane - hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleasfeabane mullet, Pulicaria dysentericagenus Pulicaria, Pulicaria - genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabaneherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | | 2. | fleabane - any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleaswild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantErigeron, genus Erigeron - cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinallyblue fleabane, Erigeron acer - widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowersdaisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus - widely naturalized white-flowered North American herbErigeron aurantiacus, orange daisy, orange fleabane - mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowersErigeron divergens, spreading fleabane - well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North Americabeach aster, Erigeron glaucous, seaside daisy - slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern CaliforniaErigeron philadelphicus, Philadelphia fleabane - especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and CanadaErigeron pulchellus, robin's plantain - common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple raysErigeron speciosus, showy daisy - plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains | | 3. |  fleabane - common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus ErigeronCanadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweedConyza, genus Conyza - common American weed or wildflowerweed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
fleabane
fleabane, any plant of the genus Erigeron, widely distributed herbs of the family Asteraceae (asteraster
[Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information. family), especially abundant in temperate and mountainous regions of North America. The flowers, ranging from white to pink and purple, resemble daisies or asters, hence many of the common names, e.g., the daisy fleabanes (E. ramosus, strigosus, and sometimes other species), widespread weeds, and the beach aster, or seaside daisy (E. glaucus), of the Pacific coast. The eastern E. pulchellus is called robin's-plantain. Other similar composites are sometimes also called fleabane. Fleabane is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.Fleabane (Pulicaria), a genus of plants of the family Compositae. The plants are annual or perennial herbs. The anthodia are gathered in racemose or peltate clusters. There are approximately 50 species in Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily in the Mediterranean countries. In the USSR there are five species. Fleabane (Pulicaria prostrata) grows in moist meadows, along the banks of rivers and lakes, in ditches, in irrigation ditches, and along roads. It is a folk remedy used for intestinal disturbances and as a remedy against fleas (hence the name). P. odora is cultivated as a vegetable. Sometimes the name “fleabane” also refers to flea plantain (Plantago psyllium), the seeds of which are called flea seeds. fleabane
Synonyms for fleabanenoun hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleasSynonyms- feabane mullet
- Pulicaria dysenterica
Related Words- genus Pulicaria
- Pulicaria
- herb
- herbaceous plant
noun any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowersRelated Words- wild flower
- wildflower
- Erigeron
- genus Erigeron
- blue fleabane
- Erigeron acer
- daisy fleabane
- Erigeron annuus
- Erigeron aurantiacus
- orange daisy
- orange fleabane
- Erigeron divergens
- spreading fleabane
- beach aster
- Erigeron glaucous
- seaside daisy
- Erigeron philadelphicus
- Philadelphia fleabane
- Erigeron pulchellus
- robin's plantain
- Erigeron speciosus
- showy daisy
noun common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowersSynonyms- Canadian fleabane
- Conyza canadensis
- Erigeron canadensis
- horseweed
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